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Your University, Your City

Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has made a commitment to provide its students with unparalleled experiences and opportunities. Explore our unique downtown Boston location, and then consider the many paths your life might take from here.

In the Heart of Boston

Getting Started

We’re excited that you want to learn more about Suffolk, and we think you’ll like what you find. Whether you’re looking into colleges or graduate school programs, we’re eager to help answer your questions and walk you through the application process.

A Community of Learning

As you start your academic journey, you’ll find a supportive network of faculty, staff, and classmates ready to help you succeed. We let you chart the course your education takes, from traditional classes enriched by real-world experiences to research projects, study abroad, internships, and more.

Life As We Know It

Suffolk places you smack in the heart of Boston, with countless activities at hand and unexpected opportunities around every corner. Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, you’ll find yourself making connections and getting involved.

An Extended Family

When you graduate from Suffolk, you join a strong alumni community that will continue to enrich your life. More than 80,000 living Suffolk alumni stay connected with each other and the University, supporting their alma mater—including current students—in a whole bunch of ways.

Michael Smith, BSBA '61, and Larry Smith, BSBA '65 have pledged $3 million to support Suffolk’s athletics program and to further their student scholarship funding.

Whether you're a student-athlete, an alum, or just looking for the latest game times, you'll find plenty of excitement in Suffolk athletics. We believe that athletic participation and competition are important aspects of the college experience. Lessons discovered through athletic participation contribute to success in a student's college years as well as in their future professional and personal experiences.

Invest in Excellence

Each graduate and friend of Suffolk University has the potential to make Suffolk even greater. We encourage giving at every level, with an emphasis on scholarships for a new generation of Suffolk students. Thank you so much for your support.

Shared Curriculum Assessment Committee

The Shared Curriculum Assessment Committee (SCAC) is a joint committee comprised of faculty members and administrators and includes members from the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), the Sawyer Business School (SBS), and the University central administration. The role of SCAC is to continually assess and improve the shared core curriculum and to monitor its coherence with, and adherence to, New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) standards.

Rubrics

Faculty are welcome to adapt the rubrics for use within their classrooms.

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Rubric - contains criteria for measuring students’ ability to demonstrate information literacy, use analytical reasoning in problem-solving and decision-making situations, understand and employ theories, processes, and systems, and think and reflect critically. The rubric below was developed and piloted during the summer of 2016.

Information Literacy

Information Literacy Rubric - contains criteria for measuring students’ ability to know when there is a need for information; to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, use and communicate the information effectively and responsibly. The rubric below is the first draft developed by SCAC and will be piloted during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Oral Communication

Oral Communication Rubric - contains criteria for measuring students’ ability to communicate orally. The rubric below is the first draft developed by SCAC and is currently being piloted during the spring 2017 term.